The Centre for a Compassionate Society presents the first Equinox Talk, with David Tacey speaking on The Spirituality of Compassion. The event will also feature the music of Living Out Loud choir. After the talk there will be an opportunity to share reflections with...
There is desperation in the eyes of the Rohingya and Bangladeshi asylum seekers at a midweek community meeting in Gatton in the Lockyer Valley west of Brisbane. A decade ago these men risked everything when they fled to Australia by boat — leaving...
Come join us at “The Shape of Hope” book launch on Friday 29 April at 5.30pm. There will be book readings, live music and canapes at The Mercy Hub, 617 Nicholson St Carlton North. This beautiful collection of personal stories, written by Hope Co-op board...
A compensation claim is being heard after the immigration department published personal information about almost 10,000 people on its website, which was accessed globally. An immigration department data breach meant the details of almost 10,000 asylum seekers, more...
After becoming a teacher, and then principal of a number of secondary schools in Melbourne’s Western suburbs Sr Brigid Arthur started up the Brigidine Asylum Seekers Project where she has worked for the past twenty years. Listen to ABC radio program here (13...
Sr Brigid addresses “Walk for Justice & fair go for Refugees” rally on Palm Sunday, 28 March 2021 outside the State Library Victoria: I acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we stand – the peoples of the Kulin nation and I...
